Improvement in sad-iron heaters



w. A. GREENE.

Fiat AIron Heater.

Patented Aug. 19,I 1862,.

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,NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

WILLIAM A. GREENE, oE ALBANY, NEw YORK.

lIVIPROVEIVIENT IN SAD-IRON HEATERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 36,213, dated August 19, 1862.

T0 all whom t may concern.-

Beitknown that I, WILLIAM A. GREENE, of the city and county of Albany, and kState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements on Heaters for Heating Irons for the Use of Tailors, Hatters, and Others; and Ido hereby declare t-hat the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is an isometrical perspective view of the heater, and Fig. 2 is a View of the' coverdoors. The redlines show the irons7 adjusted in position for heating.

The nature of my invention consists in arranging, in combination with the fire-box and lateral cover-doors of the heater, a peculiarlyconstructed support-plate for supporting the irons 1n vertical positions within the combustion-chamber of the heater, where they are to be heated, as hereinafter fully shown; and it also consists in arranging, in combination with sa1dsupport-plate, adeliection and lateral support-plate for dei'leeting the heat arising from the flrexdownward and laterally between the sides of th'e irons adjusted for heating, and, also, to support the toes of the irns laterally When adjusted upon the support-plate within the combustion-chamber of the heater, in the manner as hereinafter fully shown and .described.

The description of my improved heater is as follows, to wit:

A is an ordinary fire-pot, provided with a grate, ash-pit, and draft-door of. the usual construction. Arranged and resting uponthe top of this fire-pot is the support-plate B, for supporting the irons to be heated. This plate B is constructed with horizontal projections a a a a, projecting centrally within the combustion-chamber of the heater and over the ignited fuel, and placed between and separating these projections one from the other are the flue or semi-flue openings b [7]) b, as seen in Fig. 1.

ccand d dare flanges and lugs for holding the irons in upright position when being heated.

C is the deflection and lateral support-plate f for deiecting the heat arising withinthe combustion-chamber X downward andV laterally between the irons when adjusted for heating, and, also, it is fo'r giving lateral support to the toes of the irons. The plate consists of a central part, e, corresponding in size to the main opening in the support-plate B, directly over Which and parallel with the same it is arranged, and it isheld in permanent position by means ofthe arms f f j f, projecting horizontally from it, and theirV ends resting in bearings on the side plates, D D, in the man ner as seen in Fig. 1.

E is the top plate, provided with a pipe-hole and pipe-collar, g, for receiving apipe. Between the support-plate B and top plate, E, are arranged the side plates, D D, in the manner as shown in Fig. l, and held in position by iianges in the usual manner.

FF are box-shaped covers for closing the receiving-doors after the irons have'been duly adjusted upon the support-plate for heating.

They are so made as to form when closed lap' joints with the top and side plates,in the usual known manner.

The drawings hereto annexedy show-and the description describes a heater as constructed for receiving four irons Within the combustionchamber; but'it is evident that the same priueiple of construction as herein described may be applied and adapted to receive a greater number of irons for heating, if necessary.

The heater is operated in this manner: The fuel being lighted and well ignited in the repot, adjust the irons to be heated in upright positions, with their heels upon the supportplate and their toes against the deflection-plate, in the manner as shown by the red lines in Fig. 1.` Then close the doors with thecovers. The heat now arising rapidly from the fire, as shown by the arrows, passes up through the lmain and semi-lue openings in the support-plate B, and

comes in direct contact with the irons on their faces and on their sides, and, when striking the deflection-plate C, is deflected downward and laterally, in the manner shown by the arrows, on the faces and between the sides of the irons, thence going upward into the exit-pipe.

This improved construction of the heater and the improved operation of' the same consequent thereupon cause the irons used by tailors, hatters, and others to heat with greater facility and rapidity and with much more .f

economy of fuel than is or can be attained to by heating said irons in the ordinary manner by the heaters now in common use, and vwithout any danger of cracking, defacing, or injuring the smoothness of the face of the irons while heating, which they would be liable to 2 Y v y 36,213 g y 4 i f What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. When arranged in combination with the fire-box A and covers F, the supportplate B,

constructed substantially in the manner as herein shown and described, and for the purposes as set forth.

2. In combination with the support-plate B Aand covers F, the deflection and lateral supf port-plate C, when constructed and arranged substantially as herein described and shown, and operating for the purposes as fully set I forth.

' WM. "A. GREENE.

Witnesses:

J. J. SAVAGE, THOMAS HAsTINGs. 

